An x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy investigation of O impurity chemistry in CdS thin films grown by chemical bath deposition

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1978-1984

  Niles, David W ^a   Herdt, Gregory ^a,b   Al Jassim, Mowafak ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Fusion Semiconductor Systems   (United States)

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EID: 0001562761     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.364054     Document Type: Article

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